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Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education (Hardback)
Short Description for BluestockingsIn 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. This title tells their story - a story of defiance and determination, of colourful eccentricity and loneliness, as well as of friendships, midnight cocoa-parties and self-discovery.
Full description- Publisher: VIKING
- Published: 06 August 2009
- Format: Hardback 304 pages
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- Categories: Gender Studies: Women | Higher & Further Education, Tertiary Education | Social & Cultural History
- ISBN 13: 9780670916849 ISBN 10: 0670916846
- Sales rank: 122,588
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Full description for Bluestockings
In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. Doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die. When the Cambridge Senate held a vote on whether women students should be allowed official membership of the university, there was a full-scale riot. Despite the prejudice and the terrible sacrifices they faced, women from all backgrounds persevered and paved the way for the generations who have followed them since. By the 1920s, being an 'undergraduette' was considered quite the fashionable thing; by the 1930s, women were emerging from universities as anything from aviation engineers to professional academics. Using the words of the women themselves, "Bluestockings" tells their inspiring story - a story of defiance and determination, of colourful eccentricity and at times heartbreaking loneliness, as well as of passionate friendships, midnight cocoa-parties and glorious self-discovery.
